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Mark Speer with John O'Quinn, Virgie Arthur and Rita Cosby Doug Wilson from the hit show 'Moving Up' Beth Holloway Twitty with Rita Cosby and Virgie Arthur Virgie Arthur and Rita Cosby Virgie Arthur cries thanking Rita Cosby Rita Cosby's book party was a huge smash ! I'm sure everyone has seen some of the pictures on every website and the videos from all the TV crews, but I have a few things to say. First of all Rita being served with the Howard K. Stern lawsuit papers. Everyone knew Rita was going to be ambushed outside the party. It was no surprise. She expected it. The thing that pissed me off was Entertainment Tonight. They were standing outside and we asked them where they were from. They said CBS news. We asked them if they wanted to come in and they said no. We told them we would get a great spot for them to catch all the action. They still refused and said they wanted to stay outside. We once again asked them where they were from and they once again told...

Virgie Arthur will have something to say tonight Virgie Arthur, Anna Nicole Smith's mother, is making a surprise and rare public appearance tonight at Rita Cosby's book party at Pacha NYC in midtown Manhattan. It will be the first time she has spoken since the release of the TV host's book, which is now a NY Times Bestseller three weeks in a row. Arthur isn't the only key player in the human soap opera rumored to be showing up. Other surprise guests may include Mark Speer, who was Larry Birkhead's bodyguard during the stunning events detailed in Cosby's Blonde Ambition: The Untold Story Behind Anna Nicole Smith's Death. In the book, Speer talks about the proposed secret deal between the two men, Howard K. Stern and Larry Birkhead, both alleging to be the father of Anna's baby at that time. Speer claims he heard firsthand Stern's proposal to Birkhead, “I will give you your baby, if you leave me as executor of the estate.” Since the release of the b...

A judge has thrown out an appeal by Anna Nicole Smith's estranged mother Virgie Arthur to prevent her baby granddaughter from leaving her home in the Bahamas. Arthur had hoped to stop baby Dannielynn's father Larry Birkhead from leaving the islands to return to the U.S. with his daughter. But at the Court of Appeals in Nassau Friday, Arthur's request was ridiculed by a judge, who also ordered her to pay $3,000 in attorney's fees for wasting the court's time. He told Arthur, "I am perplexed why this matter is before us." Birkhead reportedly plans to first stop in Kentucky, where the photographer hopes to introduce his baby daughter to family members. Lets go Virgie..Whats your next move !

'Rich' Larry Birkhead A hearing in a Bahamas court on Friday failed to end a prolonged battle over custody of late Playboy Playmate Anna Nicole Smith's daughter, 7-month-old Dannielynn. Larry Birkhead a Los Angeles photographer and former boyfriend of the billionaire's widow, was identified on Tuesday as the father of the baby, who could one day be worth a fortune if Smith's estate wins a decade-long battle to inherit from her former oil tycoon husband J. Howard Marshall. Friday's hearing over custody of Dannielynn, at which Birkhead had been widely expected to be awarded guardianship based on court-ordered DNA tests, adjourned soon after it got under way. Damien Gomez, an attorney for Smith's long-time companion Howard K. Stern, said the hearing was suspended at the request of lawyers for both Birkhead and Smith's mother Virgie Arthur. Gomez did not elaborate. But John O'Quinn, Arthur's lawyer, told reporters Birkhead and his client had agreed...

Anna Nicole Smith and ruthless Howard K. Stern Howard K. Stern, Anna Nicole Smith's attorney and partner, filed a defamation lawsuit Friday against the lawyer for Smith's mother. The suit, filed in federal court in West Palm Beach, Florida, alleges John O'Quinn, attorney for Virgie Arthur, defamed Stern in statements made on television after the actress' death in February. "The lawsuit focuses on Mr. O'Quinn's recent appearances on a number of national television shows in which he has made public accusations of murder and other misconduct against Mr. Stern in connection with the Anna Nicole Smith case," according to a statement released by Stern attorney L. Lin Wood of Atlanta, Georgia. Wood specifically cited a February 21, 2007, interview from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, for the Fox News show "On the Record with Greta Van Susteren." "As stated in the complaint filed today, Mr. O'Quinn's accusations against Mr. Stern are false a...

Dannielynn Birkhead While photographer Larry Birkhead was officially pronounced the biological father of Anna Nicole Smith's baby Dannielynn, he might face subsequent legal battles over her custody. However, Anna's late partner Howard K. Stern has made clear he will not challenge Birkhead and he's "going to do whatever [he] can to make sure that he (Larry) gets sole custody." TMZ reported that Birkhead took Stern up on his offer to "spend as much time with [Dannielynn] as he wants to right now," logging several quality father-daughter hours at Stern's Bahamian home on Tuesday night.This leaves only Anna's estranged mother Virgie Arthur as the only possible challenger of Birkhead's rightful custody. However, he's not willing to compromise, and she stands slim chances of winning.Virgie Arthur, Smith’s estranged mother, who wanted to bury her in Texas, after Smith suddenly passed away on February 8, filed paperwork last week asking to be ...

For Virgie Arthur The War Has Only Started A Bahamian court considered a request to exhume the body of Daniel Smith, son of the late Anna Nicole Smith, for reburial in Texas, where Smith was born. The request was filed by Smith's estranged mother, Virgie Arthur, who reportedly has a letter from the son's father authorizing her to ask the Bahamian courts to order the body be exhumed and buried in Texas, the Bahama Journal said Monday. Arthur tried unsuccessfully to gain custody of Smith's body in a Florida court, then tried to block the funeral in a Bahamian court. She said she wants to bury Smith's body in Texas and has said she wanted to move the body of Smith's son, who died in September, to Texas as well. She filed the exhumation request Friday, the day Smith was buried. Smith died Feb. 8 of unknown causes in a Florida hospital where she was taken after being found unresponsive in her hotel room.

Anna Nicole Smith's Final Resting Place Former Playboy Playmate Anna Nicole Smith was laid to rest Friday with all the pomp and circumstance of a royal funeral, but litigation surrounding a multi-million-dollar inheritance and the paternity of her baby daughter remain very much alive. The principals waging a three-way custody battle over 5-month-old Dannielynn -- Smith's companion Howard K. Stern, her mother Virgie Arthur and former boyfriend Larry Birkhead -- walked into the white-columned church, and for at least a moment their bickering was put aside for the lavish closed-casket service. Smith was then taken to her final resting place in a mahogany coffin draped in a rhinestone-studded pink blanket as police, smartly dressed in white belted tunics and pith helmets, maintained order. Onlookers, mostly Bahamians, spontaneously broke out into the hymn "When Peace Like a River" as the white hearse carrying the 39-year-old blonde bombshell and the rest of the funeral ...

Virgie Arthur Fighting Burial Probably inspired from the James Brown saga, the Anna Nicole Smith soap opera continues to get more and more sickening. Her body, wanted and used by many men, didn't seem too well even when she was alive, but prospects are much worse now after a much-delayed embalming and, now, burial. Medical examiner Joshua Perper said Smith's body was decomposing faster than expected and should be visible for viewing no later than today, the Miami Herald reported Wednesday. Anna Nicole Smith's estranged mother, Virgie Arthur, filed an emergency request Friday to block her burial in the Bahamas. Her body was previously awarded by Broward County Circuit Judge Larry Seidlin, aka "The Sobbing Judge," to 5-month-old Dannielynn, who is represented by a court-appointed professional guardian.The guardian, attorney Richard Milstein, said that Smith would be buried next to her son, who died in Bahamas last year. However, Milstein gave no time frame."...

REST IN PEACE ANNA NICOLE SMITH Daniel Smith And Mother Anna Nicole Smith Shock In The Courtroom The judge (left) presiding over the Anna Nicole Smith burial hearing ruled Thursday that Smith's remains should be given to the guardian ad litem representing her infant daughter, Dannielynn. But the judge said he wants Smith buried with her late son Daniel in the Bahamas. "I have suffered for this, I have struggled with this, I have shed tears for your little girl," Broward County Circuit Court Judge (The Nut) Larry Seidlin said to Smith's mother about 15 minutes before he ruled. He said Smith wanted to be buried next to her son Daniel, and that the flame of her beauty was quickly going out. He also urged all the possible fathers of Smith's newborn daughter to get a paternity test. A series of final witnesses were called on Thursday, including the former Playboy Playmate's first husband Billy Smith, the father of Smith's son Daniel, who testified by telephon...

A judge approved the embalming of Anna Nicole Smith's remains Friday as he tried to broker an agreement among the three people fighting over the former Playboy Playmate's body.Lengthy legal fights still loomed over where she will be buried and who will get custody of her infant daughter. The hearing over Smith's final resting place was already in its third day."We're beginning to give her peace," Circuit Judge Larry Seidlin said.Smith's will was presented to the court as evidence, and Seidlin refused requests by both sides to keep it private. It was to be released Friday afternoon."I don't want any secrets here," the judge said.The proceedings moved out of Seidlin's chambers and into a courtroom to accommodate the horde of media and attorneys. The hearing stopped around noon for the holiday weekend and was set to resume Tuesday.Seidlin warned attorneys he would schedule as many sessions as it takes to resolve the issue. He ordered Smith...

Anna Nicole Smith Anna Nicole Smith's mother is convinced her grandson, Daniel, was murdered. Virgie Arthur also says she's concerned that the former Playboy Playmate's lawyer, Howard K. Stern, is now in line to inherit every penny of Anna Nicole's fortune. She said on a US TV show 'CNN Headline News': "If Howard marries her and she ends up dead, then who does the money go to? Danny's not there."Daniel died on September 10 aged just 20 while he was visiting his mother in a hospital in the Bahamas three days after she gave birth to a baby girl, Dannie Lynn. According to toxicology reports, he had a heart attack after taking a mixture of methadone and anti depressants. Despite experts saying there was "no criminality" involved in Daniel's death, Virgie refuses to accept it. She said: "Somebody had to give it to him. I just know Danny didn't kill himself. Danny wouldn't take drugs to begin with. I don't believe that for ...